Annette Elizabeth Salmeen (born December 7, 1974) is an American biochemist, a 1997

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and a gold medalist at the

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Swimming career

Salmeen was born in

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. She was a competitive swimmer by the age of 9, and became a standout swimmer at Huron High School in Ann Arbor, where she was co-captain of the girls' swimming team for two years. Huron High School, River Rat Hall of Fame, accessed December 18, 2009 While at Huron, Salmeen was three-time state champion in the 500-yard freestyle, and once in the 100-yard butterfly. Salmeen went on to swim at the

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(UCLA), where she was a co-captain, four-time All-American, and an

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national champion in the 200-yard butterfly. Ann Arbor Swim Club profile She won a bronze medal in the 200-meter butterfly at the 1995 World University Games in Fukuoka, Japan. Salmeen qualified for the U.S. Olympic Team for the

in Atlanta, Georgia, where she earned a gold medal for swimming for the winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×200-meter freestyle relay. In individual competition at the Olympics, she finished 4th in the B Final (12th overall) in the women's 200-meter butterfly.

Rhodes Scholarship

Salmeen graduated from UCLA in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry, and was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship to pursue a Doctorate of Philosophy (D. Phil.) in biochemistry at

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. UCLA Chemistry Department profile During her four years at

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, she was a member of the Oxford University Swimming Club, where she set three long-course records and six on the short-course.

Stanford University

She earned her doctorate in 2001, and returned to the U.S. as a postdoctoral fellow at

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. In 2005, she was named to the board of the

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and again came back to Stanford University where she teaches as of 2022.Annette Salmeen
Stanford University 2014-2015"

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Swimming career

Rhodes Scholarship

Stanford University

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